Effect of dietary herb supplementations of crushed seed of Celery Apium graveolens and Ginger Zingiber officinale on blood traits of broiler breeder hens | ||
| Journal of Tikrit University For Agriculture Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 157-169 | ||
| Author | ||
| Shlimoon H. Jajo | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was carried out at the Poultry Station of State Board of Agriculture Research. Ministry of Agriculture during the period 5-11-2010 to 9-5-2011 , Elucidate the effect of dietary herb supplementations of crushed seeds of celery and/or ginger on some productive performances and blood parameters of broiler breeder hens , during the period ( 25-50 weeks of age). A total number of 432 hen and 36 male from Arbor-Acres and ROSS-308 strains at 27 weeks of age were randomly divided into 9 groups , control diet T1 (ME=2870 Kcal/Kg and CP=16.1 g/Kg) without addition T2 and T3 Groups were treated by the addition of 2.5 and 5.0 Kg/Ton crushed seed of celery , T4 and T5 included 2.5 and 5.0 Kg/Ton crushed ginger respectively and treatments T6 , T7 , T8 and T9 included combination of crushed seed of celery and ginger at levels of 2.5:2.5 , 2.5:5.0 , 5.0 : 2.5 and 5.0:5.0 respectively .The addition of crushed seed of celery and /or ginger to broiler breeder hens caused an improvement in the blood parameters that give an expression of decreasing Heterophils: Lymphocytes ratio , glucose , cholesterol , triglyceride AST and ALT serum levels , also significant decrease in MDH and significant increase in GSH level as well as decrease in Low density lipoprotein (LHL) , but with increase in high density lipoprotein (HDL) blood serum protein , globulin concentration. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Herb supplements; Broiler Breeders; hens; Zingiber | ||
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